Held in Berlin, Germany, the 2014 European Airline Training Symposium (EATS) saw 500-plus delegates benefit from the perspectives of European and international training and simulation experts. The theme of EATS 2014 was "Optimising Simulation and Training for the Flight Crew.” Conference Chair and CAT Editor-in-Chief Chris Lehman filed this report. Thirteen years...

CABIN CREW EDM Ltd. has been selected by Cathay Pacific to design, manufacture and install a new A350 door trainer for the airline. EDM was awarded the new business as part of an international tender with delivery expected at Cathay Pacific's cabin crew training centre in Hong Kong. The trainer...

CABIN CREW At the 70th International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Doha, a unanimous resolution was adopted by IATA members which calls upon governments and industry to work together on a balanced package of measures to effectively deter and manage the...

Conference Chair Chris Lehman files a preview. The European Airline Training Symposium (EATS) will land at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin, Germany this autumn. Taking place from October 28-29, there will be an additional meeting for Heads of Training on the evening of 27 October. EATS 2014 will continue our annual tradition of exploring European expertise in aviation training and simulation, and once again...

Cabin crew training continues to evolve as new rules and regulations come into effect and it adapts to today’s world. This feature will take a closer look at just a few of the developing approaches to changing. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has revised the Cabin Crew Safety Training Manual (Doc 10002) to provide more up to date guidance...

Etihad Airways has awarded a US$14 million contract to Spatial Composite Solutions, the UAE-based manufacturer of crew training equipment. Under the contract, Spatial will design and manufacture a total of 14 cabin crew training devices, including Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner models, to the latest Etihad Airways specifications and...

Chris Long reports on training provider CTC Aviation’s operations. There is no reason to doubt the Boeing forecasts which predict demand for a very large number of pilots over the next 20 years. There will always be challenges to pilot training - getting the numbers of new entries is itself...

SOFTWARE Britannica Knowledge Systems, the developer of the Fox Training Management System, has revealed powerful advances in the area of aviation training operations management. The new release, specialized for the aviation sector, contains multiple developments and refinements in the areas of cloud computing; mobile applications for field examinations and other...

  The Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) returns to Bangkok this year. From September 23-24, the show will explore aviation flight training and simulation from the Asia Pacific region. The Call for Papers for 2014 has been very successful in eliciting responses to all the topics that were proposed, so...

The 17th annual World Aviation Training Conference & Tradeshow (WATS) took place at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, in Orlando, April 1-3. Conference Chair Chris Lehman files this report. With over 1,000 attendees hailing from 48 countries and 80 airlines, WATS lived up to its status as the world’s largest gathering of aviation training professionals. The five conference tracks - pilot training,...